Police have charged a man with removing flags representing support for police from a highway overpass in West Barnstable.

Police said David Hickman, 60, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, made several statements claiming he called MassDOT saying the flags should not be there and that he was "helping" MassDOT by clearing the flags.

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Hickman also said the police flags/support were not appropriate.

Police said Hickman took the police flags and buried them in nearby woods. He also allegedly dismantled a replica of a police support flag that was on the fence on the overpass.

He faces charges including injury to personal property, injury to a memorial and three charges of larcency of property under $250.

Police are also checking into whether he is connected to two other recent cases of similar vandalism.